Need zoom on my Canon eos rebel g

Question

I got my camera in 98'. It's a 35mm Canon eos rebel g. It works great. Now that my boys play football I want to take close up photos of them. I have the lens that came with the camera (35-80mm) and it's not close enough. Can someone recomend what kind on lens I should look for? Also I also wanted the automatin function in it. Please help!!

Answer 1

Is that the only lens you have for it?

You want to get either the EF 70-300mm f/4-5.6 IS USM or the EF 75-300mm f/4-5.6 III USM.

Answer 2

Just copying and pasting from the exact same question I answered for another girl:

If you're looking to buy from Canon you have three options. The first is the EF 75-300mm. This is a very crappy telephoto lens. The nice thing about it though is that you can usually find it used on Craigslist for $100. Just don't pay any more than that for it.

Your second option is the EF 100-300mm. It's a decent telephoto lens and can be found for about $200-$250 on ebay. The one drawback of it is that it doesn't have image stabilization so it's hard to get good shots in low light.

Your third option without going to the L series is the EF 70-300mm. This is a pretty d**n good lens for not being L and it has IS. The drawback is that you'll probably have to pay around $500 for it on ebay.

One thing to clear up for you - you DO have a zoom lens. A zoom lens is one on which you can change the focal length, so your 35-80mm "zooms". What you have in your mind as a "zoom lens" is actually known as a "telephoto lens". Telephoto lenses are ones in which the field of view is much smaller than would be seen with the human eye.